IT exec fined RM2,500 over possession of obscene videos

KUALA LUMPUR: An information technology (IT) executive was fined RM2,500 or four months' jail in default by the Magistrate's Court here today for possession of obscene videos.
Magistrate Mahyudin Mohmad Som meted out the punishment to Khoo Teng Chong , 32, after he pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing two such videos at Level 2, Pavillion Building, Jalan Bukit Bintang here at 1.20pm last Wednesday.
He was charged under Section 292(a) of the Penal Code which provides a maximum sentence of three years jail or fine or both.
During mitigation, counsel Norizan Yaacub, who represented Khoo, asked for a lighter sentence and minimum fine saying her client had to support his parents and family.
However, deputy public prosecutor Nur Farah Adilah Noordin pressed for a deterrent sentence as a lesson to the accused.
The man was caught taking upskirt videos with his smartphone at the mall. — Bernama